PHILIPPI, WEST VIRGINIA

In fenced area on Barbour County Courthouse Square at North Main and Church Streets.

The inscription on the plaque on the front of the base reads:

1917 (legion shield and flag) 1918IN MEMORY OF(25 names)WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE WORLD WARERECTED BYBARBOUR COUNTY POST NO. 44THE AMERICAN LEGION ANDCITIZENS OF THIS COUNTY

The other sides of the base have similarly-worded plaques in memory of those who gave their lives in World War II, Korea, and Vietnam.

The Doughboy was dedicated November 11, 1923.

While there is staining, the Doughboy’s color and coating are fairly uniform and it is in good condition.

Viquesney’s grandfather, father, and uncles lived in Barbour County in the middle 1800s and there are still residents who are descendents of his grandfather and of at least one uncle. (Viquesney was born in Indiana after his father moved there.)